The town of 46530 Granger, IN is located in St. Joseph County and is a part of Indiana's 2nd Congressional District. It is served by the Republican candidate Jackie Walorski who has represented the district since 2013. The constituents in this area have largely voted for conservative candidates, but there has been a surge in support for progressive politicians and policies over the past few years. On the local level, Granger has elected Republicans to office including County Commissioner Chris Rosselot as well as three Trustees: Brian Yost, Tom O'Brian, and Steve Taylor. These representatives have worked to bring about initiatives such as improved infrastructure and increased public safety measures while also advocating for economic development in the area. Additionally, they have all been vocal proponents of protecting the environment with environmentally-friendly solutions like solar energy projects throughout St. Joseph County. Overall, politics in 46530 Granger are largely conservative-leaning but residents are beginning to embrace progressive ideas more and more.
The political climate in Zip 46530 (Granger, IN) is leaning conservative.
St. Joseph County, IN is leaning liberal. In St. Joseph County, IN 52.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Joseph county remained moderately Democratic, 52.0% to 46.1%.
St. Joseph county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46530 (Granger, IN) is leaning conservative.
Granger, Indiana is leaning conservative.
St. Joseph County, Indiana is leaning liberal.
South Bend-Mishawaka Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Indiana is somewhat conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Granger, Indiana: d r D d d d
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 46530 (Granger)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,412 contributions totaling $388,317 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 694 contributions totaling $487,456 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $702 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)